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with fascinating interest the story of the packing of household effects and the family into the conestogas and we follow these Mennonite immigrants every step of their journey from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. Neither does our interest wane when we read of their experiences in the first years in Canada. We know and appreciate too little the initiative. patience and self-sacrifice which characterized the struggles of the first settlers in laying not only me material but also the political founda- tions of our country. of this I feel these books will live. It “Toward Sodom" is an epic of revol- ution of this thrifty sect of people who had Journeyed from Pennsylvania to begin pioneer life in Canada. and the historical facts related in this book practically all happened between 1850 and 1880. The significant title of this book relates to the manner in which these newcomers abandon some of their early. strict beliefs and prac- tices and adjust themselves to a changing liberalized world. The story follows the experiences of one partic- ular family. and we follow with inter- est the growth in young people of faith and love in others besides their own sectâ€"the disappearance of pre- judice against other nationalitiesâ€"the desire to try out new ideas. which led those who claimed to be very religious to say that they were going toward Sodom. Noah Horst was a strong man and late in life becomes a Bishop in his church. His wife is well intention- ed and ambitious but lacked the tactful method of carrying out her aims in a way that was pleasing to others. Manassch proved to be a man that was a student of men and of events past and present. and possibil- ities of the future. Thus he kept his youth and was an unselfish. helpful Canadian citizen. Esther grew in knowledge and beauty in spite of the selfishness of her mother. Ephriam overcame difficulties and carried out the early desire of his life to become a‘ missionary to Japan. Cyrus. the spoilt child became what all such children doâ€"a sorrow to their par- ents. In later years Noah went back to Greenbush to his son Ezra‘s only to find they had not developed the four fold life. but had kept strictly to rules set down by their rorei'athers, and thought themselves much better than those that had been growing. Pennslyvania, and one is filled with sympathy for this man of vision. whose domineering wife fairly boiled with indignation whenever she saw the is history worth preserving... Her first book is entitled “The Trail of the Conestoga”. The story begins in the home of Christian Eby in The story of the County Fight is very realistic and typical of many such scenes in our country. noted from Toronto University in' 1908 she took up Library work in Kitchener in which she has been interested ever wanderlust in his eyes and always prevented his setting forth to the land of his dreams. Yet he lived to see most of his family leave for Canada. In those early days trains and auto- "The Falling of the Oaks" was a proof that the impossible deed could be done. "The School Examination" was in- deed a great event in those days When so many in the older generation were against a school education. most of her life, so far, has been spent in Kitchener among the Mennonites of since. Her books are in story form and waver; into them is all the hap- The books I wish to tell you about in this letter are written by Mabel Dunham, of Kitchener. Ont. She was Dear Prudence: Either of these books would make an Come in Chat Awhile -â€"Rnth auburn. Thu-shy. Non-her 2’. 1m At Home However. the advertisement haunt- ed me to the extent that I called on the fur company. and then came enlightenment. I was invited to visit the company‘s fox farm some miles from the city. and there I saw for myself just why so many cats With kittens were wanted.’ They were to be foster mothers to baby ones whose mother had too many babies in one litter! The mother fox can nourish properly only so many young ones. so when her family exceeds that number outside help must be called. upon. or the valuable little foxes will die. Foster wrote about 125 songs, among which were “Old Folks at Home”. “Old Black Joe”, “My Old Kentucky Home", “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground”, “Come Where My Love Lies Dream- ing”. “Nelly Was a Lady", and others which have been sung the world over. Although many of his best songs were of the South, Foster was born near Pittsburgh and lived in the North all his life, never going farther south than Kentucky, except for one trip to New Orleans. He was born 2n He wrote both words and music of his songs, which perhaps accounts for the perfect blending of their poetry and melodm While he could not be called a great composer from a strict- ly musical standpoint, his peculiar talent was recognized by poets and musicians of note, and his songs have a human appeal Which is irresistible. America has produced no sweeter singer than Stephen Collins Foster. So I telephdned Melrose 999, but re- ceived no answer until my third attempt, late in the day, says M. B. Weil in “Our Dumb Animals”. Another tribute has been paid by the people of the South to Stephen C. Foster, composer of Southern folk songs, by the erection of a monu- ment to his memory in the form of a large boulder bearing this Inscription: “Erected to the memory of Stephen Collins Foster at the source of the stream which he immortalized in song, Suwanee River.” "CATS WANTED WITH KITTENS not over 4 days old. Call Melrose 999” Such was the ad. that excited my curiosity. What could anybody want with as many cats as that ad. implied? “Are you the party advertising for cats with young kittens?” “Yes. we did, but we have all we need now.” "Do you pay for them?‘ “No. we get them from people wno want to get rid of them.” So that was that. And thereupon I had a picture of a “slaughter of the innocents". to minis- ter to woman’s vanityâ€"for the adver- tiser was a leading fur company! My sympathy went out to the doomed cats and their babies, whose fur would parade under various guises Wim high-sounding names! The mother foxes are very irritable. when they have young ones, and car- ing for them and their litters is a difficult matter. so artificial feeding is out of the question. Strange to say. mother cats’ milk has been found to be a satisfactory substitute, and the fox babies thrive on it. The cats do not object to their unusual foster E-fiildiéfi; 'So everything ls lovely. idetl Christmas gift for young people or older people with youthful spirits. For family reading they will provide some pleasant hours. _ I was glad to hear from you and know yoil had procured Ddra Olive Thompson’s “Joy Meredith” and en- joyed it. As a sequel to the slogan of a we:- known firm selling condensed milk. “Milk From Contented Cows.” a meat purveyor in a neighboring t‘own comes out with this one: “Fresh Pork Saus- Qéés From Pleased Pigs That Made Perfect Hogs of Themselves.”â€"- Dun- dallr. Herald. CATS ON FOX FARMS TRIBUTE TO FOSTER Sincerely yours, As the original Canadian hang-the- Kaiser man, we read with approval the plan recently submitted to the League of Nations by Col. Fritz Helm, of Co- penhagen, which has for its main ob- ject the subjection of warmakers to the hazards of the battlefield. While probably most of us have words or thoughts of war-time to repent, we have not withdrawn :rom our notion that the hanging of William of Hohen- zollern would have been an excellent thing, and so far as we are concerned. it is never too late to mend. We are not so naive as to suppose that the former Emperor of Germany was solely or even mainly responsible for the war, but even it he were even a great deal less guilty than he is, the proposal to hang him would remain extremely congenial to us, opposed though we are to capital punishment on genera: grounds. We belleVe that the hanging of Wilhelm would prove a salutary example to crowned heads and states- men in the future. Indeed, the more innocent he might happen to be the better would be the effect, for at tnu moment of declaring war probably all statesmen believe they are right. It the notion would stray into their minds that even though they were right. a ghastly mistake might be made in their case as in the case of Wilhelm. the probability of war would be ap- preciably lessened. Col. House’s Idea It is believed that the so-called Holm J plan originated with Col. House, the ‘ former intimate friend and counsellor of the late Woodrow Wilson, though in ‘ 1924 the same idea was current in Ice- land and warmly discussed in that country as well as in Denmark and in Germany. Col. House, however, has been advocating the idea for ten years. He admits that it is not a new one since the Greeks had some such cus- tom. Indeed, until the last Iew hund- red years it was the custom of the king or leader of the nation to take his place with the front-line troops. Even if the king were not the military leader, he was expected to show him- self prominently. It is to be admitted that, although history recalls many a king being slain on the field of battle, the risks of the average combatant in earlier days were not comparable to those imposed by modern conflict. Kings who were bumped off their horses and taken prisoner were wen treated after civilization had made a few faltering strides away. from the period in which captured enemies were killed, and maybe eaten. Captain Last to Leave Ship As Col. House says, there is no law that insists that a captain shall be the last man to leave a sinking ship. There is an unwritten law, and it is as strong as the tides in the sea. The captain is the last man to leave or he feels dis- graced. So he believes that we should be well on the way to stopping war .i there were a public opinion strong enough to insist that those who were responsible for precipitating the struggle should share its horrors anu dangers just as they nowadays divide its honors and rewards. Within ten hours after the outbreak of hostilities the Holm Plan provides that the fol- lowing measures shall be takenzâ€"u) On the principle that the Government officials who have allowed their coun- try to enter war are qualified no longer to fill their offices, the head of the State, all of his blood relatives over sixteen. all male officials and all mem- bers of the Cabinet, or Parliament who voted for the war shall be mobil- ized immediately. They shall be as- signed either to the shock troops in the infantry or to submarine crews, and despatched immediately to the front. The same measure shall apply to all bishops, prelates and ecclesias- tics who failed to oppose war. (2) All wives and daughters of the foregoing ’oflicials shall be mobilized as simple nurses or servants with the medical corps for service only at the front or as near the hostilities as possible. Both men and women, in the meantime, would be deprived or all rights of pro- motion or recompense for meritorious service. As a final guarantee the plan would be carried out successfully, it provides for the creation of an armeu body of 5,000 male voters, empowered to undertake by physical force the execution of the provisions. Too Drastic We fear that these measures are so drastic that they never will be adopt- ed. In this respect they exceed some similar proposals put forward by the learned Dr. Guomundur Funnbogason. of Iceland, who, however, did not sug- gest that the women should be pun- ished for the war-making of the men, nor the head of a State who might be without real responsibility. For ex- ample, the kings of Englana are con- stitutional monarchs who accept the advice of their responsible ministers and rule on the theory that they can do no wrong; in other words, that they have no power. If they are to act on the advice of ministers and then ex- pose themselves and their families to grave dangers because they do, the throne is likely to remain vacant, for the compensations it aflords are insur- flcient to counteract the perils. .AGoodldea ' The plan is fantastic also because it ignores the fact that the statesmen whovoteforwararethestatesmen whohavetheeanndsnceotthepaople andwhanthepeoplamldnatnrany Making Warmakers Share Wat’s Perils THE DURHAM CHRONICLE ranks would hamper their comrades and give no adequate return. Further- more, if it were known that as soon as a war had been declared all those re- sponsible for it would be immedately expelled from ofiice, shorn of author- ity and treated as felons, the nation against whom the declaration had been launched would wait to see what action would be taken by their successors. Finally, a people ready thus to treat its responsible ministers of state would never consent to go to war and conse- quently the ministers would be unable to give any eflect whatever to a declar- ation of hostilities. The details as we have suggested make the plan unwork- able, but the general idea is a good one with which we sympathize. It is an ideal toward which we shouid strive, and we repeat that a first useful step might be taken with the former Kaiser. â€"J. V. McAree in The Mail and Em- expecttosteerthemoutotthechnop in which they had become involved. 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